OK,,, so I'll try again,,,
A few months back my 5 spd trans in the chopper broke.
I contacted the shop where I bought all my parts and Mark said he was doubtfully that Ultima would warranty it as it was 5 years old.
I told him I didn't care as it only had 3k on it or so and that it took over a year and a half just to get it running.
Well after a few rounds of back and forth with Ultima and a nice email to them about how I always braged about how good their products were and how every part on my bike was from them and how i understood how they were proud of their parts and how I heard they back them up they let me send it back.
When they inspected it they sent me an email saying how it "looked like it went throught the ringer"!!
No Sh*it? When a gear breaks it DOES go through the ringer!!
My trans guy said even before he looked at it that it had to be a bad build from the factory to break with that few miles on it and NAILED it when he said "I bet the main shaft seal leaked from day one!" Yep,, it had!
He then said that means that the main bearing was installed wrong from the get go.
And when we pulled it from the bike he said he had NEVER seen a trans that bad even one with a ton of miles on it!
I explained that to Ultima and let it ride.
Well,,, last week I got the email saying the trans was on it`s way back to me and that they didn't feel it was a waranty issue.
Bummer,,, I emailed them and asked if it was coming back in the same shape i sent it and was a bit confused.
Well,, They said no,, it`s coming back with a new 6 speed gear set in my old case but they would not warranty the new rebuild because thay don't feel it was their mistake.
O,,well,, I got the trans back and it works just fine!!!
but,,, what the heck do you do with the six speed?
I took it for a long test ride out the freeway and to use 6th gear I would become airborn if i went that fast!!!
At about 65 mph I'm just shifting to 5th!!!
And thats with street gears,,
Some day I'll have big enough balls to try and use the 6th gear!!!:eek:
I guess it`s a happy ending!!